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Chronology of the Chinese Dynasties
| Neolithic Period | c. 7000-1600 B.C. |
| Shang | c. 16th -c.11th B.C. |
| Western Zhou | 11th c.-771 B.C. |
| Eastern Zhou | 770-221 B.C. |
| Spring and Autumn | 770-476 B.C. |
| Warring States | 475-221 B.C. |
| Qin | 221-206 B.C. |
| Western Han | 206 B.C. -A.D. 25 |
| Eastern Han | 25-220 |
| Six Dynasties: | 220-589 |
| Three Kingdoms | 220-265 |
| Jin | 265-420 |
| Southern and Northern Dynasties | 420-589 |
| Sui | 581-618 |
| Tang | 618-907 |
| Five Dynasties | 907-960 |
| Northern Song | 960-1126 |
| Southern Song | 1127-1279 |
| Liao | 916-1125 |
| Jin | 1115-1234 |
| Yuan | 1271-1368 |
| Ming: | 1368-1644 |
| Hongwu | 1368-1398 |
| Jianwen | 1399-1402 |
| Yongle | 1403-1424 |
| Hongxi | 1425-1425 |
| Xuande | 1426-1435 |
| Zhengtong | 1436-1449 |
| Jingtai | 1450-1457 |
| Tianshun | 1457-1464 |
| Chenghua | 1465-1487 |
| Hongzhi | 1488-1505 |
| Zhengde | 1506-1521 |
| Jiajing | 1522-1566 |
| Longqing | 1567-1572 |
| Wanli | 1573-1619 |
| Taichang | 1620-1620 |
| Tianqi | 1621-1627 |
| Chongzhen | 1628-1644 |
| Qing: | 1644-1911 |
| Shunzhi | 1644-1661 |
| Kangxi | 1662-1722 |
| Yongzheng | 1723-1735 |
| Qianlong | 1736-1795 |
| Jiaqing | 1796-1820 |
| Daoguang | 1821-1850 |
| Xianfeng | 1851-1861 |
| Tongzhi | 1862-1874 |
| Guangxu | 1875-1908 |
| Xuantong | 1909-1912 |
| Republic of China | 1912-1949 |
| Hongxian | 1915-1916 |
